On Thursday, March 31, POLITICO hosted its inaugural health care summit as the U.S. marks the third year into the COVID-19 pandemic and grapples with the fallout from the latest variant to explore the policies, political dynamics, and technological trends shaping the health care sector. The pandemic has created lasting legacies from exposing deep racial inequities in health care, exacerbating the nationwide mental health crisis, and testing trust in science. And, it has also altered the future of health care through accelerating medical research, vaccine development, and digital health innovation.
POLITICO brought together health care providers, policymakers, federal regulators, patient representatives, and industry leaders to help explain the policy and industry solutions that have come about because of COVID, and assessed their effectiveness. We also discussed the latest proposals to overcome long-standing health care challenges in the U.S., such as expanding access to care, affordability, and drug prices.
On Thursday, March 31, POLITICO hosted its inaugural health care summit as the U.S. marks the third year into the COVID-19 pandemic and grapples with the fallout from the latest variant to explore the policies, political dynamics, and technological trends shaping the health care sector. The pandemic has created lasting legacies from exposing deep racial inequities in health care, exacerbating the nationwide mental health crisis, and testing trust in science. And, it has also altered the future of health care through accelerating medical research, vaccine development, and digital health innovation.
POLITICO brought together health care providers, policymakers, federal regulators, patient representatives, and industry leaders to help explain the policy and industry solutions that have come about because of COVID, and assessed their effectiveness. We also discussed the latest proposals to overcome long-standing health care challenges in the U.S., such as expanding access to care, affordability, and drug prices.
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Robert C. Garrett
FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
Heidi Sommer
Vice President, Audience Solutions, POLITICO
AMY KNIGHT
PRESIDENT, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
CECI CONNOLLY
PRESIDENT AND CEO, ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANS
ADRIAN GROPPER
CTO, PATIENT PRIVACY RIGHTS
JESSICA MEGA
CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, VERILY
LEIGH PURVIS
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH CARE COSTS AND ACCESS, AARP
DANIEL GILLISON
CEO, NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
PHYLLIS ARTHUR
VICE PRESIDENT, BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
REP. MICHAEL BURGESS
(R-TX)
DR. JINLENE CHAN
DEPUTY SECRETARY, MARYLAND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
DR. REDONDA MILLER
PRESIDENT, JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL
LETITIA DZIRASA
COMMISSIONER, BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
DR. MONA SIDDIQUI
SVP OF ENTERPRISE CLINICAL STRATEGY AND QUALITY, HUMANA
LARRY LEVITT
EVP, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
REP. PETER WELCH
(D-VT)
REP. RO KHANNA
(D-CA)
STACIE DUSETZINA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HEALTH POLICY, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
ANDREW KOLODNY
MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF OPIOID POLICY RESEARCH, HELLER SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
DR. DEBRA HOURY
ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CDC
GEORGES C. BENJAMIN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
DR. ANITA EVERETT
DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SAMHSA
REP. BUDDY CARTER
R-GA
DR. JILL JIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NAVAJO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY XAVIER BECERRA
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
